Healing Farm Children
Missions is a mission at Buduburam Liberian Refugee Camp near Accra, Ghana.

We are here not only to meet
the children's academic, nutritional, medical, clothing, counseling,
but also to make them have self-confidence and hope that in spite of
their earthy difficulties, there is somebody that concerns for them
and He is carrying for them through other people.

Background Introduction of the Camp

The Buduburam Liberian Refugee Camp was established by the
government of Ghana through the Ghana refugee Board and the United
Nations High Commissioner for refugees in the 1990s.The camp in its
earlier years of establishment as maintained by the government of
Ghana and humanitarian relief items in the form of food,
clothes, medicines and educational materials where provided by the
government of Ghana and some Christian organizations and churches.

UHCR became active in the welfare of refugees from Liberia in
the year 1993 until 1998 when UNHCR shut down all their services for
refugees and they where left on their own until 2002 when they
return.

According to the recent UNHCR and the Government of Ghana survey
conducted in the year 2003,there are about 50,000 to 55,000 refugees
from Liberia residing in the Buduburam Liberian Refugee camp.
About eleven percent are children between the years of 4yrs to
17yrs.Most of which are not in school due to their foster parents,
gaurdians inability to meet their basic needs in terms of education,
shelter, medication, food and clothing.

Just recently in the year 2002, UNHCR resumed operations for
refugees within the Buduburam refugees camp. However, their
operations are targeted towards special groups which they classified
as vulnerable taking into consideration women and children, aged men
and women and the disabilities. Notwithstanding, most of their
services can not reach the most needed groups as such Churches and
local refugee organizations are taking the initiative to target
those who are unable to benefit from the general UNHCR projects
targeted for them.

Mission Statement of Healing Farm Children Missions:

Taking into consideration that children are the future generation of
tomorrow's Liberia; the Healing Farm Children Missions in collaboration
with churches of Christ and Christian organizations have taken the
lead to help initiate a self-help sustainable program in order
to target helpless and hopeless children within the Buduuram refugee
camp through seeking individual sponsors to assist them with their
basic needs such as education, health care, clothing, parental care,
and feeding.

according to a general survey conducted by the staff and members of
the Healing Farm Children Missions, most of the children registered
and catering to are without the following basic needs:

1.Education: the organization in
collaboration with the Womankind Association and the churches of
Christ is now operating a primary school system in which those
children are educated and trained in some basic skills. However,
there is a need for additional educational materials for students
and teachers and there is a plan on the way to build additional five
classroom to be able to accommodate the children. We do pray that
God will lead faithful people to help us go through.

2.Clothing: Clothing is a major problem that
all children on the camp are faced with. There is a great need for
clothing to be sent down to be able to clothed a child who is going
naked almost everyday.

3.Food: UNHCR has not being able to do its part in
the provision of adequate food supply for children and as such
most children within the camp are left unfed almost everyday. They
are left rarely with a single meal a day, which also in not
balanced. There is a need to establish a local feeding center
wherein food can be prepared for the children and they can assemble
there for receiving their daily supply of hot prepared balance meal.

4.Medical Care: the camp is located at about 25
miles from Accra situated near the capital city within the Central
Region at a land area of about 5 square miles with a population ever
growing between 50,000 to 55,000 refugees from Liberia and
Sierra Leone. Taking into consideration the population and the land
upon which they are located, there is a constant outbreak of
sicknesses and diseases such as chorea, malaria, diarrhea, disentry,
and typhoid fever.

5.Housing Facilities: refugees are left with the
art of building their own house without assistance from the
government of Ghana and the UNHCR. Rather those who have
relatives in the United States. Those who do not have
relatives in the U.S are left without housing. Many children are
left without housing and sleep in the street and market places,
which makes them vulnerable to severe cold, child abuse, rape,etc.